Entry № 9713 · Italian origin

Silvana Silvana — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ seel-VAH-nah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Italian
Meaning
"Of the forest, sylvan"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Medieval (Italian)

A name that means "of the forest, sylvan".

Silvana is the Italian feminine of Silvanus — from the Latin silva (forest), meaning "of the forest." The Roman god Silvanus was the guardian of woods.

Silvana Mangano (1930-1989) was the iconic Italian actress (Bitter Rice); Silvana Suárez (1957-2023) was Miss World 1978.

Of the forest. The Italian Silvana Mangano.

The name in its native script.

Silvana
Transliteration
Silvana
Pronunciation
/ sɪlˈvɑː.nə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Silvana stands.

Silvana does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Silvanas before her.

Real people
Silvana Mangano
Italian actress (Bitter Rice).
1930 – 1989
In fiction
Silvana
Common in Italian fiction.

Names connected to Silvana.

The number behind Silvana.

6

The Nurturer

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Silvana reduce to 6, The Nurturer. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.